Day: December 4, 2013

Can game shows conform to the rules of the road online? A new series, Money Where Your Mouth Is, debuted this week on Hulu, hosted by Jay Mohr and sponsored by Campbell’s Chunky soup. It’s only 15 minutes long. And since it’s Hulu, you will see the ads. The format pits three friends against each other as contestants, putting up their own personal items at stake in later rounds of the game as they answer trivia questions testing their “Guy-Q” (their phrase). The guys in the first episode wager with an uncle’s WWII uniform, Kenyan beads, and a Teenage...

Breaking Bad may have captivated us as an award-winning drama over the past several years, but we’ve also noticed how much Vince Gilligan’s TV series about a dying chemistry teacher who becomes a dangerous meth dealer also owes to comedy. Specifically, to comedians. We haven’t seen the last of Bob Odenkirk — his sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman earned himself a spin-off dramedy series, Better Call Saul, coming to AMC next year. And Odenkirk’s two favorite henchman were and are headlining stand-up comedians in real life, Lavell Crawford (Huell) and Bill Burr (Kuby). But what about Gomie? DEA Agent Steven...